Stage 18: Belluno - Rifugio Panarotta (Valsugana) 171 km

[murali]

Duarte FTW.

he has been trying hard. i expect him to be in the break after 1st climb. win stage by 10 min

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Duarte FTW.

he has been trying hard. i expect him to be in the break after 1st climb. win stage by 10 min

duarte never tries from the break. he wants to win from the favorites group

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

duarte never tries from the break. he wants to win from the favorites group

Is that why he lost 44 minutes on the last MTF?
He's so far back now, it would be wise to attack early. Do you know he lost all that time? Is he even in the shape right now to achieve anything? I'd really like Columbia to get a stage win.

 

[l.Harm]

Colombia it is

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Is that why he lost 44 minutes on the last MTF?
He's so far back now, it would be wise to attack early. Do you know he lost all that time? Is he even in the shape right now to achieve anything? I'd really like Columbia to get a stage win.

he lost 44 minutes because he had to stop 5 times on the descenf of the gavia, he was even put in the car for a while, on top of gavia he was still with the first he can't handle cold descends

 

[murali]

actually, he has lost so much time tht no one will care if goes up alone, except maybe arredondo.

Whatever it is, a Colombian FTW

 

[Yingge]

You cannot break Svein Tuft, he will battle to the end.

He has fallen down the order though - he was leading the Giro equivalent of the Lanterne Rouge a few days ago, but he is now in third position, 10:49 behind the leader of that "Classification". He needs to be careful that he doesn't end up OTL in his attempts to win it though, which can be difficult if his nearest competitors are in the Grupetto.

 

[murali]

dont jeer Tuft. if there is any rider who can ride with just grit, then it would be him.

 

[meat puppet]

so, is there life on mars?

 

[ILovecycling]

You mean like when he finished with the elite group on la farrapona, (Despite domestiquing) again on Angliru the day after (despite domestiquing and being held back) and then won on Pena cabarga 2 days later.

Or maybe you mean like the alpes in the 2012 tour when he won 1stage, led home tiny groups of heads of state in the next 2 then had the energy to podium the tt (despite aerodynamic handicapped).

I dont like to use argument of weak field,but in this case its clear reason,In those races there was nobody anywhere near to Quintana climbing,so Froome was by far the best climber in those races (ohh Cobo).As a result he could do almost everything what he wanted with this bad field.

Or you mean like the dauphine last year when be dropped everyone 2 mountain stages in a row?

I dont want to be rude,but are you serious?There was worse field than in those 2 GT mentioned.Oh I forgot Contador who all winter was flying across Europe with Tinkoff and almost forgot what the bike looks like.

Oh, all that doesn't count, because after being beaten stage after stage by froome for 2 and a half weeks of the 2013 tour Quintana put together 2 results- 2 results, over 3 days when froome was already counting his prize money cos he had a 7 min gap, and that proves Quintana can ride multiple stages and froome can't and therefore Quintana is the best climber?

You know what Quintana did on Ax3 and Ventoux,so dont try to confuse me.
bolded: Froome was there for humiliating every cyclist on french roads in July,so he wasnt counting his money at all.Maybe I give you that he was a bit unmotivated on last 1 km of Semnoz when Purito attacked him,but nothing more.
So to your last question: Yes.

 

[Pulpstar]

Hmm I reckon Froome and Quintana are roughly equal as climbers, but Froome has an advantage in TTs.

QUintana is still young and improving though so he may well go ahead of Froome in climbs but I think Froome's TT advantage is too much for Tour 2015 right now.

We'll see though. I'm not always right, as my avatar proves ^_~

 

[SafeBet]

He has fallen down the order though - he was leading the Giro equivalent of the Lanterne Rouge a few days ago, but he is now in third position, 10:49 behind the leader of that "Classification". He needs to be careful that he doesn't end up OTL in his attempts to win it though, which can be difficult if his nearest competitors are in the Grupetto.

Regarding this: has anybody won the Maglia Nera after wearing the Maglia Rosa during the race?

 

[jens_attacks]

seems like we'll have a war on san pellegrino

 

[ILovecycling]

Don't forget the 2008 Tour, where he was at his best in the last mountain stage

Rofl !

Hmm I reckon Froome and Quintana are roughly equal as climbers, but Froome has an advantage in TTs.

QUintana is still young and improving though so he may well go ahead of Froome in climbs but I think Froome's TT advantage is too much for Tour 2015 right now.

We'll see though. I'm not always right, as my avatar proves ^_~

Oh,so I reckon you are not big fan of the 'winner' of Tour 2012?
For how long do you have this avatar?

 

[Ferminal]

Basso to pull a Floyd today

 

[Yingge]

seems like we'll have a war on san pellegrino

Reports of rain on the climb, so the descent will be neutralized!!!

(I damn well hope not!!!)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

question is, will they broadcast san pellegrino?

 

[jens_attacks]

on rai they aren't live yet...

but seem like there are already live images. where?bein sport?

 

[trevim]

Kiser on the attack. Lovely, lovely move

 

[vladimir]

question is, will they broadcast san pellegrino?

Broadcast is already on, I'm watching live on Danish TV2

 

[jens_attacks]

uber fast the speed wow

seem like some tv stations are live . which?

 

[Eclipse]

Eurosport have it online

SBS (aus) have it online

 

[jens_attacks]

delfino attacks

 

[The Barb]

Cataldo, Arredondo, Pellizotti, Zardini and Sella with a bit of gap.

 

[l.Harm]

http://www.stream-foot.tv/stream/ch1.php